![]() ![]() Interestingly, using your own name when ruminating on negative thoughts has been proven in laboratory settings to make subjects feel better and calmer. When we think about our problems and worry about our standing in the world, or how the world perceives us, it’s best to look at the big picture.Ĭhatter uses a lot of science to prove its point. The best way to tame the voices in our head is to try and create distance and put things in perspective. We allow our inner voice to obsess us and run rampant we get into a loop of negative thoughts, and when we share our concerns with friends and sympathisers, this doesn’t help either, only reinforcing the bad feelings. Put simply, this is the case that Chatter makes. ![]() Distance and perspective were created, putting a stressful situation into a more rational context. ![]() By addressing himself in a more formal way his anxious inner voice was calmed. Instead of his internal monologue repeating “I” all the time, he started to use his own name, Ethan. Then Kross stumbled across something quite by accident. The letter had come after a television appearance, causing Kross to chastise himself for putting his family and himself at risk. He couldn’t stop the chatter in his head, which was ironic, as he is an expert on emotion and self-control. For three days the voices in his head incessantly replayed one horrifying scenario after another. When Ethan Kross received a threatening letter, he went into meltdown. What to do when that punishing inner voice takes over? ![]()
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